The women in this picture along with thousands of other women made history as part of the Suffragette movement when they chose to fight for the right to vote. Join Fiona Hayes, museums social history curator and Sue John from the Glasgow Women's Library as they tell us the powerful story of Janet Barrowman, an activist and Glaswegian Suffragette. This episode of the Glasgow Museums Podcast was recorded via Zoom, February 2021. Timecodes: 01:00 - 05:30 - Who was Janet Barrowman and what story do these coins tell? 05:30 - 09:20 - The campaign, activism, Suffrage support and advertisements 09:20 - 14:30 - The woman who travelled with Janet Barrowman, the campaigns they were involved with and the memoteos donated to museums 14:35 -15:40 - The creativity of the Suffragette movement 15:40 - 27:00 - Gaps in knowledge of Suffragette materiel and new research into Satirical material, and mass produced items, made for commercial profit such as games and postcards Links Glasgow Women's Library https://womenslibrary.org.uk/ The Argument of the Broken Pane: Suffragette Consumerism and Newspapers by Jane Chapman, published in Media History Vol. 21, No. 3 in 2015: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13688804.2014.977238 Art and Suffrage, a biographical dictionary of Suffrage artists, by Elizabeth Crawford, 2018 https://francisboutle.co.uk/products/art-and-suffrage/ Panko card game http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=46908;type=101 Photograph http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=675279;type=101 Coins http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=504545;type=101

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Season 2 Episode 4: Smashing Women: Janet Barrowman

A brilliant discussion on the many twists and turns of tartan, involving an Englishman, rebellions, monarchs and our very own Lord Mungo Murray. Join Rebecca Quinton, Glasgow Museums' Research Manager for Art and Dr Sally Tuckett, Lecturer in History of Art at University of Glasgow as they go a journey. This episode of the Glasgow Museums podcast was recorded August 2020 via Zoom. 07:00 - Description of the painting and the practicalities and status of Highland dress and plaid, use of painting for dress historians 07:00 - 10:00 - How to style a huge piece of tartan plaid 10.15 - 14.00 - How kilts came to be 14:00 - 19:00 - Bonnie Prince Charlie, Jacobite Army and the influence and rebellion of plaid 19:00 - 24:00 - The politics and banning of Highland dress 24:00 - 26:00 - Military use of tartan and how it became a symbol of the Empire 26:00 - 31:00 - Tartan manufacturers, commercialisation and clan tartans 31:00 - 34:00 - Protection of Highland identity and organisation and registering of of clan patterns 34:00 - 42:00 - George IV’s Royal visit to Edinburgh in 1822 and the beginnings of tartan becoming fashionable A Highland Chieftain: Portrait of Lord Mungo Murray (c.1683) by John Michael Wright, was purchased in 2019 thanks to the generous support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Art Fund, Friends of Glasgow Museums and National Fund for Acquisitions. Links Lord Mungo Murray, John Michael Wright, Glasgow Museums https://bit.ly/2G2vc0r National Lottery Heritage Fund www.heritagefund.org.uk Art Fund https://www.artfund.org/ National Fund for Acquisitions https://www.nms.ac.uk/about-us/services-and-expertise/national-fund-for-acquisitions/ The Tartan Register https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/index Act of Proscription http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan/the-growth-of-tartan/the-act-of-proscription-1747/ The Highland Society of London http://highlandsocietyoflondon.org George IV (1762-1830) by Sir David Wilkie (1745 - 1841, Royal Collection) https://bit.ly/2Huu0Ub If you have a spare minute, we'd love to know what you think of this episode! You can share your thoughts here: http://bit.ly/LMMEvaluation

Season 2 Episode 3: A Journey Into Tartan I Glasgow Museums Podcast

Our host Harry speaks to Saqib Razzaq and Isobel McDonald about the GlaswegAsians project, join us to hear more about the brilliant work Colourful Heritage has been doing with Glasgow Museums. This episode was recorded February 2020. Timestamps 0.50 – Background to the Colourful Heritage Project 02:17 – Uncovering surprising and inspiring stories during research 07:25 – Highlights of the GlaswesAsians exhibition 09:13 – The exhibition timeline 11:00 – The objects, stories& themes from the exhibition 15:42 – Community events that have taken place during the project 18:20 – Bashir Maan CBE, his contribution and archive 21:15 – WW1 and WW2 research into the South Asian war contribution 26:15 – Glasgow Museums South Asian collections and objects and donations from the community 28:00 – Lessons that can be taken from this project which may help other migrant communities Remember to use the hashtag #GMPodcast to keep the conversations going on social media. Colourful Heritage website www.colourfulheritage.com Colourful Heritage timeline www.colourfulheritage.com/timeline Colourful Heritage are also on Facebook at facebook.com/colourfulheritage/ and Twitter @ColourHeritage

Season 2 Episode 2: Colourful Heritage I Glasgow Museums Podcast

Our host Harry speaks to artist and former forensic technician, Robert McNeil MBE of Remembering Srebrenica Scotland. Join us for a fascinating conversation about Robert’s life and work. Please note this podcast was recorded in November 2019. Timestamp 00.59 – Robert McNeil and Glasgow Museums 1.50 – Working in Srebrenica, Bosnia 3.20 - 9.50 Robert discusses his paintings Srebrenica Woman, Subjugation and Witness 9.50 – 14.20 Robert’s background as an artist 14.20 – 16.20 Creating art as therapy 16.20 – 19.20 The formation of the charitable organisation, Remembering Srebrenica Scotland 20.30 – The 25th Anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre (2020) 23.30 – Visit to Nuremberg, War Crimes museums & Courtroom 600 28.20 – Way of Human Rights sculpture 31.40 – Glasgow Museums Holocaust Memorial Day You can see the paintings discussed in this episode on display at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. Find out more information on our website https://bit.ly/3aueJNd

Season 2 Episode 1: Painting the Unthinkable I Glasgow Museums Podcast

Harry talks to Open Museum Curator, Claire Coia all about the outreach project, Art Extraordinary.

Season 1 Episode 5: Art Extraordinary at the Open Museum | Glasgow Museums Podcast

Harry Dunlop chats to Learning Assistant, Laura Clark about all things to do with the People's Palace. Timestamps 0:35 – The history of the People’s Palace 3:45 – Popular displays (Single end and Banana Boots) 10:40 – Challenging Displays (Glassford Family Portrait, Suffragettes, Jimmy Reid) 15:20 – Glasgow History Murals 17:00 – Hard-hitting displays (The Bevvy, Make Ends Meet) 19:20 – Funny Displays (The Barrowlands, Going Doon the Watter) 20:20 – Glasgow Green (John Knox painting, TRNSMT, Fireworks, Executions) 22:50 – Laura’s favourite parts of her job (Engaging with all walks of life) 23:40 – Stories from the public Remember to use the hashtag #GMPodcast to keep the conversation going on social media. We'd love to hear any stories that you may have about the People's Palace.

Season 1 Episode 4: Stories from the People's Palace | Glasgow Museums Podcast

Harry Dunlop chats to GoMA front of house staff, Jackie Craven, Chris Perkins and Joan Gallagher about working in the Gallery of Modern Art. Use the timestamps below to skip to a particular topic that you're interested in: 0:50 - What is the role of a Gallery Assistant? 2:20 - How GoMA has changed through the years 4:10 - Favourite part of working at GoMA, challenging displays 6:45 - Favourite exhibitions, meeting artists 9:23 - Celebrity encounters 10:21 - Challenging objects, objects that make you smile 13:04 - GoMA Secrets #SecretsMW 16:00 - What's coming up at GoMA? Remember to use the hashtag #GMPodcast to keep the conversation going on social media.

Season 1 Episode 3: Behind the Scenes - Front of House at GoMA | Glasgow Museums Podcast

Learning and Access Curator, Harry Dunlop discusses all things conservation at Glasgow Museums with conservator, Stephanie de Roemer. Stephanie explains what inspired her to go into conservation, what her favourite aspect of her role is, talks about the work that she's been doing for the Burrell Collection and answers your questions about conservation. Remember to use the hashtag #GMPodcast to keep the conversation going on social media. Picture credit: © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection.

Season 1 Episode 2: Behind the Scenes - Conservation | Glasgow Museums Podcast

Learning and Access Curator, Harry Dunlop discusses the legacies of slavery within Glasgow Museums and Collections, with Curator of Scottish History, Dr. Anthony Lewis. They explore the history of some of the prominent objects within the collection, such as The Glassford Family Portrait and the slave collar as well as examining the ways in which museums are encouraging debate around the subject. To learn more about the objects and displays discussed in this episode you can use the Glasgow Museums Collections Navigator: Glassford Family Portrait: https://bit.ly/2EAJkcK Embroidered panel: https://bit.ly/2Un2FVD Slave collar: https://bit.ly/2VIwCQd Also, if you are interested in finding out more about Glasgow’s connection with Slavery you can take a look at our blog: https://glasgowmuseumsslavery.co.uk/ To keep the conversation going on social media, remember to use the hashtag #GMPodcast

Season 1 Episode 1: Legacies of Slavery in Glasgow Museums and Collections | Glasgow Museums Podcast

Welcome to the Glasgow Museums Podcast. Each episode will offer a behind the scenes look at the inner workings of Glasgow Museums. Expect discussions about exhibitions and current affairs as well as musings and insights from the people at the heart of the sector. We'd love to hear what you think! You can use the hashtag #GMPodcast to keep the conversation going. Intro Music: Arid Foothills Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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